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Send us Fan Mail This episode discusses a unique conversation between two male best friends, a black kid and a white kid between the ages of 10-12. What makes the conversation so unique is that it involves race and ethnicity. The kids apparently have overheard multiple conversations by adults and older kids and thought that they should figure out how they should be perceived: for the black kid, Bl...

Send us Fan Mail This episode provides a lifeline and empowers you and me to ensure we employ an effective daily action plan to allow us to get from Point A to Point B and back home safely in a safe and efficient manner each and every day. We need to shake off the always set, never changing daily plan because such plans lead to negative outcomes when we run into an issue and have to make an immedi...

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on suicide and the major challenge it presents to everyone when we know, know of or hear about someone who has attempted suicide or openly talked about it. We as individuals and as people need to take a closer look at our families, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc., and immediately take action if we find ourselves in such a situation. First, develop a plan e...

Send us Fan Mail This episode discusses the importance of giving from those of us who are blessed and have to give to those who are deeply in need. Whether young or old, so many people are out there are poor,  homeless and starving while many of us live very blessed, comfortable lives and never or very seldomly take the opportunity to help the ones in need, especially when we see or witness it in...

Send us Fan Mail This episode took me to a church service called "A Night of Worship" in which my wife Belinda and I experienced a powerful evening of God's power in action when He is introduced into our souls. It further introduced the power of praise and worship to everyone there and why it is so important to live in Christ now more than ever!  The world today is just far too dang...

Send us Fan Mail This episode targets a family's plan of action to defend against a trespasser who plans to rob the home. It initially tells the story of a trespasser attempting to enter the home of an elderly couple through an open window. As he attempts to climb through the window, he is unfortunately killed by the homeowner as a result of a gunshot wound to the chest. The episode also take...

Send us Fan Mail The 2025 story features two teenage boys, ages 14 and 13 years of age that already know each other and the families are friends as well. The two individuals end up in multiple fights over a female at school. The fights get a little more intense each time, with a particular fight stated to be very violent. The parents get involved and seemingly squash the issue the boys have and as...

Send us Fan Mail This episode touches on the importance and teaching point of having an effective daily plan. It further challenges you to use phones, notepads, recorders, etc., and for 3 consecutive days jot down every relevant task you need to do for that particular day. Next jot down every task you failed to complete for that day and finally jot down whatever interference caused the incomplete...

Send us Fan Mail Mass Shootings Defense Challenge:  Employers Challenge: 1. Provide employees with Active Shooter/Mass Casualty protocol policy.   2. Security personnel, department heads, managers, supervisors attend  AS/MC briefings every 60 days. Standard employee AS/MC briefings occur quarterly. 4. New employees receive AS/MC briefing within 10 days of employment. 5. Assign 1 primary/1 alternat...

Send us Fan Mail Whether you believe it or not, our lives are centered around having daily plans that ultimately determine positive or negative outcomes. Unfortunately, we take our days for granted because we are so used to the same schedule day in and day out, so we do not put too much thought into operating from written a plan but rather doing so from a verbal plan. You see, it is very easy to t...

Send us Fan Mail Happy 2026 Listeners! To give you my perspective on the plan I have in store for you as we work through the first half of 2026, over the coming weeks I plan to give you podcast episodes that challenge you as individuals, families, workplaces and school environments to effectively research, plan, implement, rehearse and execute different live-saving crises challenges.  I will share...

Send us Fan Mail Guns kept in our homes or residences continue to wind up in the hands of children far too often, leading to unintentional, violet situations that result in our kids or someone else's kids losing their lives because we fail to ensure firearms are properly stored away children. Whether you hear about it, read about it, see it on television or witness it, the reality of the matt...

Send us Fan Mail Whether here in the United States or around the World, people suffer or perish from starvation daily. It should be a subject that should be unapplicable to all of us but it is not the case and most likely never will be. However, so many of us are blessed to have never been in this position but we do not do enough to fight this issue. I, for one, have never been in the position of...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening All! Every day, we see, read or learn about senseless deaths taking place at crosswalks in every state across America and around the world. You can especially see intense footage of such tragedies posted directly to social media. I mean, scenes that are hard to watch! Now, we all know that crosswalks were put in place to protect our pedestrians. However, we have lunat...

Send us Fan Mail Hello All! I want to take you into the world of Mentoring and the impact it can have on other people, especially our younger generation of people. I also offer a mentoring exercises for any adult who wishes to take in the challenge of mentoring someone between the ages of 13-25 years of age. I believe these are the ages that are the most difficult ages for a person to navigate lif...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening Listeners! Have you ever been told or ever realized that you look a lot like a particular person? Have you ever did the research on the person that you are said to look a lot alike to see what type of person he or she is? I mean, think about it, do you ever think that your look alike, especially someone you are unfamiliar with, is a bad person who has a lot of enemies...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening Listeners! This episode has great meaning to me because it centers around the loss of life of a child who was someone's son, brother, nephew, cousin, godson and best friend The individual intentionally planned an early exit from Earth because of a world in which he was constantly bullied, belittled and frowned upon almost daily because he was considered too nerdy...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening Listeners! In this episode, I offer a challenge to you to plan an Adult Playdate for a Day with a friend that you know lives paycheck to paycheck or perhaps lives on a very tight budget, you know that person who could use a day away from the stresses like family, finances and medical matters.  The goal here is to choose a friend that lives within a reasonable distance...

Send us Fan Mail Evening Listeners! Always pay close attention to the news media when imminent, life-threatening crises arise such as severe weather is on the horizon as I’m sure you do as well. Unfortunately, we still have families and individuals out there who disregard evacuation mandates, so I ask myself, well, how can it be called a mandate to evacuate for a particular area, but people are st...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening Listeners! As we go roll into the Winter Season, are we truly prepared for inclement weather that is so severe that it becomes life-threatening to you and your families? Is there a strong possibility the area in which you currently live is susceptible to a major weather crisis that could leave you and your family stranded for a period of time before Emergency Services...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening Listeners! This episode gives you a look into the Butler Family, which consists of 35-year-old Dad, 33-year-old Mom, 10-year-old Son #1, 8-year-old Son #2 and 6-year-old Daughter. They live in a small single-story, 3-bedroom, 2-bath home just outside the projects on the South Side of Chicago. The area is not the best one to live in, and the family lives with the reali...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening Listeners! I want you to think carefully about your families and how easy it is to go from a life filled with love and joy to a life filled with a loved one gone forever, especially a child! Parents, if you have a child or loved one that comes home from work, school or other events after dark, communicate with that individual to ensure you are notified as to what time...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening All! Let me ask you some important questions… 1. Are you the type of person who knows when you are being followed or watched? 2. Are you the type of person who does not even realize when you are being followed or watched? 3. Are you the type of person who believes that you are rarely, if ever being followed or watched?  Or 4. Are you the type of person who always feel...

Send us Fan Mail Hello All! Please do me a great favor and take a moment and think about your homes…Your families…You know those key things such as where you live and how you live daily. Are you in a private community or a community that is open to drive directly into and out of? Is the community safe? Are the people in your community good people? Do you have specific worries because of where the...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Listeners! The Giveaway Challenge Plan is about us coming together as a society of good people and giving some of what we have to those who are in dire need. The challenge for you and I is to go into our closets and shoe chests and pull out quality clothing and shoe items that we are willing to part ways with.  With Winter already upon us, I'd like to believe that we ar...